Don't use much yeast. The dough is supposed to raise over night. Dough consistency is very important. I suggest you use a bread maker to mix all the ingredients. Bake in a cast iron in the oven at 425 F. You must pre-heat the cast iron first. Bake for about 30 minutes, and then uncover the pot and bake for another 5 minutes.

Don't use much yeast. The dough is supposed to raise over night. Dough consistency is very important. I suggest you use a bread maker to mix all the ingredients. Bake in a cast iron in the oven at 425 F. You must pre-heat the cast iron first. Bake for about 30 minutes, and then uncover the pot and bake for another 5 minutes.

Don't use much yeast. The dough is supposed to raise over night. Dough consistency is very important. I suggest you use a bread maker to mix all the ingredients. Bake in a cast iron in the oven at 425 F. You must pre-heat the cast iron first. Bake for about 30 minutes, and then uncover the pot and bake for another 5 minutes.

I was given this 2 years ago and just this weekend I made my first bread. Just some plain white rolls, but I made them and they tasted pretty good. Good enough to eat, but not so good that I don't think I can do better. I think I might get hooked though. I love the alchemy of it all. The way dough comes together, the rise, the finished result.

saw him make one of these on tv called a puffball. Looks amazing ( not made by me!!)

Don't use much yeast. The dough is supposed to raise over night. Dough consistency is very important. I suggest you use a bread maker to mix all the ingredients. Bake in a cast iron in the oven at 425 F. You must pre-heat the cast iron first. Bake for about 30 minutes, and then uncover the pot and bake for another 5 minutes.

Use half of the water to solve the yeast and honey / sugar.
Mix flour and salt and make a hole/dip in the middle. pour the yeast/honey/sugar mixture into it. Solwly work the dry ingredients into it.
Now add the 2nd half of the water and work it until you have a 'wet' dough.
Roll, work, fold, press for 5 minutes until you have a smooth dough. If the dough sticks to your hands, put some flour on your hands and rub them together.
Also put some flour onto the dough and form a loaf. Put it onto a baking tray and make some scratches with your knife. This helps the dough to rise quicker. Wait until the volume has doubled (40min. - 1.5h) and preheat the oven. Let the dough rise at a warm place w. no draught.
When the dough is ready, work the dough for 1 minute to get the air out.

Form a loaf again, and let it rise a 2nd time until it is twice the size again (make sure it is not standing in draught)

Put the bread into the oven and bake it, until it sounds hollow, when you knock on its bottom.